Commode.



M. M. MARCUSE.

GOMMODE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 20. I913.

Patented Dec. 26, 1916.

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1 My y @y MOSES M. MARCUSE, or NEW YORK, N. Y., AssreNoE T0 WESTnrsmEEcTINs COMPANY, OFNEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION on NEW YoEOOMMODE.

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To an whom it may concern Be it known that I, MosEs M. MAnoUsE, acitizen of the United States, and resident of the borough of Manhattan,in the city and State of New York, have invented, a new andusefulImprovement inlCommodes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in commodes, with the object inView of providing a novel and sanitary device for retaining the feces,etc, for a considerable length of time withoutobjectionable odor andconcealing from view the vessel con taming the foreign matter, undercertain conditions.

A practical embodiment of my invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a detail sideelevation, the casing partly broken away to show parts within, Fig. 2represents a detail vertical section taken in the plane of the line Jb-A of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 represents a detail horizontal section takenin the plane of the line B-B of Fig. 1.

i The casing is denoted by 1, the top by 2, which top is secured to theflanges 3 on the casing by any well known means. The top is providedwith a tubular body 5 depending therefrom and having oppositely inclinedbottom edges. A receiving vessel 6 is located beneath the tubular body5. A divided seat comprises a back member 7 and a front member 8, theback member of which is fixed to the top 2 and the front member hingedat 9 to the back member. The front member is provided with a hole 10forming a seat, as shown in dotted lines Figs. 1 and 2, which hole isarranged to register with the tubular body 5. A cover 11 hinged at 12 tothe back member 17 of the divided seat, is located so as to rest on thefront member and cover the hole 10. A gasket 13 is fixed to the cover soas to form a seal between the cover 11 and seat 8 when closed. I

A pair of flaps 14, 15, fixed to rock shafts 16, 17, mounted in hangers18, 19, 20, 21, depending from the top, are arranged to close the bottomof the tubular body 5. These flaps are located so that the abuttingedges will meet directly across the center of the tubular body 5 therebyforming a bottom for the tubular body. By reason of the walls of thetubular body being made will be excluded from thereceivin Specificationof Letters Patent. te t 2 1e 6,, Application filed August 20, 1913.Serial No. 785,721. i

longer at points diametrically opposite the flaps when closed againstthe bottom edges, will form an obtuse angle. To open the flaps l4, 15, Iprovide plungers 22, '23, arranged to engage arms 2 1, 25, fixed to therock shafts 16, 17, which plungers project upwardly through thetop'ofthe casing and are adapted to engagethe front member 8 of the seat sothat when weight is applied to'the'seat the plungerswillbe forced downwardlythereby rocking the shafts and opening the flaps.

Itis to be understood that the weight of the front member 8 alone is notsufficient to open the flaps but with the cover resting on the frontmember the plungers will be forced down to the limit of theirmovement,where the front member of the seat will rest upon the top.

The flaps are closed by springs 26 or weights 27, 28, or both. Thesesprings 26 are mounted on the shafts 16, 17, at the sides of the flaps,rock the shafts, close the flaps and lift the plungers and thereby thefront member of the seat.

If desired to assist in a complete closure of the flaps against thetubular body 5, I may aflix the weights27 and 28 to the outer ends ofthe flaps which assist the springs in lifting the plungers and the flapsto their closed position.

The position of the plungers with respect to the front seat member issuch that it will require the combined weight of both the front memberand the cover to force the plungers down and the flaps to their openposition. I

When the commode is to be used, the cover is lifted from the seat, whichtakes the additional weight off the seat and the flaps by their springsand weights immediately close upon the tubular member, and conceal fromview the contents of the receiving vessel.

Upon the seating of the person using the commode, the flaps willimmediately open and again close when the weight is removed from thefront member of the seat.

It will be seen that flies and other insects vessel by the flaps whenthe cover 13 opened and by the cover when the cover is closed.

To carry off the odors accumulating withm the casing 1, I provide a flue29 located in the back member of the seat 7. A series of holes 30 arearranged near the bottom and in the sides of the casing 1, which holestend to create a current of air to pass-upwardly through the casing tothe flue, thereby carrying ofi? all odors Within.

While I have described my invention in, connection With a commode, it isobvious that I Wish to cover the same Wherever it can be advantageouslyused.

It is evident that various changes might be resorted to in the form,construction and arrangement of the parts without departing from thespirit and scope of my invention; hence I do not, Wish to limit myselfstrictly to the structure herein set forth, but

WVhat I claim ,is:

1. A commode comprising a casing, a tubular'body having oppositelyinclined bottom edges, a seat, a cover for said seat, a pair of coactingflaps having weights a'fiixed to their outer ends to normally close themcopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents uponsaid inclinedbottom edges, and means for opening said flaps.

2. A commode comprising a casing, a top therefor, a tubular bodydepending from saidv top, said body having oppositely inclined bottomedges, a seat, a cover for said seat, .a pairof coacting flaps havingWeights aflixed to their outer ends to normally close them upon saidtubular body and plungers connected to said flaps and arranged to slideinsaid top for opening saidxfiaps.

In, testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention, '1 havesigned my name in presence of two Witnesses, th-is 7th day of August,1913.

MOSES M. MARCUS'E.

Witnesses;

F. GEO GE BARRY, C. S. SUNDGREN.

each, by addressing the Commissioner oi Patents,

Washington, D. 0;

